C# DateTime inspector

casimps1 · April 19, 2012, 7:26pm

I have made a few custom classes that need to hold DateTime information. However, DateTime is not one of the data types that show up in the Inspector.

Is it possible for me to somehow code a custom inspector that will then be used anywhere a DateTime is used (even embedded in any of my various custom classes)?

Based on my research so far, it seems like if you code a custom inspector for a class it only works for objects that are that class, not for objects that have an instance of that class. If so, then it looks like I may be out of luck (short of making a custom inspector for every one of my classes that has a DateTime variable). I’m hoping that’s not true.

Tortuap · March 26, 2018, 5:16pm

I found this code to be ready for copy/paste and that works like a charm !

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/EntranceJew/f329f1c6a0c35ac51763455f76b5eb95

UDateTime.cs

using System;
#if UNITY_EDITOR
using UnityEditor;
#endif
using UnityEngine;

// we have to use UDateTime instead of DateTime on our classes
// we still typically need to either cast this to a DateTime or read the DateTime field directly
[System.Serializable]
public class UDateTime : ISerializationCallbackReceiver {

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BarryNorthern · March 27, 2014, 3:13pm

You can use a property drawer for a custom serializable class.

So if you create your date time class as a serialisable class you can include a variable of that type in as many scripts as you like and the Unity inspector will use the property drawer for it.